USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Wyeth-Lee party was the first group to travel the entire course of what was to become the Oregon Trail. Perhaps the most significant of the pioneers to the Northwest was Marcus Whitman, a physician who had become a Congregational missionary.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Oregon Trail was a roughly 2, 000-mile route from Independence, Missouri, to Oregon City, Oregon, that was used by hundreds of thousands of American pioneers in the mid-1800s to emigrate west.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 1842, Elijah White led an organized wagon train of 100 people with an experienced guide. Two thousand miles later, across prairies, towering mountains and parched deserts unfamiliar to eastern farmers, they completed the trek. About half settled in Oregon, while the other half moved further south to California.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Oregon National Historic Trail (NHT) was designated by Congress in 1978 and is administered by the National Park Service as a component of the National Trails System.